The National Labor Relations Board has made it easier for employers to make some changes to working conditions without bargaining with employees’ unions, wiping out a decades-old standard that required unions to expressly waive their right to bargain.

The board in a 3-1 decision on Tuesday adopted a “contract coverage” standard that says employers may make unilateral changes to attendance, safety, disciplinary and other rules as long as their collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) contain a general management-rights clause allowing them to do so.

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